Luff lacing snags when raising sails

[SteelCruiser]

19' Pathfinder dinghy - with mizzen and gaff-headed main
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Each mast has two eyes / fittings, screwed / bolted on.

When raising sail The luff lacing snags on the 2 mast fittings
...won't just haul straight up : I need to feed - by hand- each loop of the luff lacing past the 2 x fittings on the mast.
One hand to pull the halyard, one hand to mess about feeding the lacing around and another 'hand for the ship'

When they're up , this also means I cannot simply uncleat the halyard and have them drop, coz...
On the way down, still gotta feed them past the 2 x fittings
Means I have to go forward from the helm to do so :-(

A bloke told me that "rather than use a continuous lacing?" he suggested I use individual tied loops

suggestions, questions & comments welcomed

see photo's

[TeddyDiver]

hmm, instead of having fast fitting on the mast how about having a loop on the luff lacing at the right height, then using a soft shackle through the loop and around the mast for the boom?

[barnakiel]

1) given the mast is carbon (or anything very stiff really) one can run a length of rope very tight from mast top to the foot. Very tight. Then the sail can be hoisted along the line rather than along the boom,


or


2) a length of line can be run from the top to the foot ... ;-) !!! ... and then the boom can be attached to the line (think of a bow), in this way the mast is free of snags and the sail can be hoisted along the mast,


or,




...


etc etc


probably do whatever works best


PS I like your boat !



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[barnakiel]

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